Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cerement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cerement \Cere"ment\, n. [L. cera wax: cf. F. cirement.]
(a) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a
dead body when embalmed.
(b) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cerement
n : burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: {pall}, {shroud},
{winding-sheet}, {winding-clothes}]
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